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LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OF ENGLISH SPEECH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AT FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO

An Undergraduate Thesis

Submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements
for Sarjana Sastra Degree

Dessy Prisma Rakhmanni
1409010012

FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO
FEBRUARY 2018

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MOTTO
 “Speak good or remain silent.” – Prophet Muhammad SAW (peace be upon
him)

 “Remember your own faults when you want to mention of others.” –
ProphetMuhammad SAW (peace be upon him)
 “Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between
what is right and what is easy.” – Joanne Rowling
 “Every time you try to live as someone who is not you, half your soul
disappears with time. You will not remember how to spend time as usual.” –
Susan Cain
 “Expect the unexpected cause the best thing happens unexpectedly.”

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DEDICATION

This little piece is dedicated to
My beloved parents, Ngadiyantara and Zainunah for always be there for me
no matter how hard it is and always be the best inspiration in my life.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I would like to deliver my Praises to Almighty Allah SWT by saying
“Alhamdulillahirobbil ‘alaamiin” for all of His precious blessings and guidance to me
so that I could finish this undergraduate thesis as a partial fulfillment of the
requirement for Sarjana Sastra degree at English Department, Faculty of Letters,
Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. Besides, this research also involves some
people’s help and support that mean so much to me, especially for finishing this
undergraduate thesis. Thus, I also would like to express my gratitude to:
 Dean of Faculty of Letters and my advisor as well, Ambar Pujiyatno S.S.,
M.Hum, who gives me his best advices, supports, helps, care and patience in
guiding me to finish my undergraduate thesis.
 Head of English Department, Fitri Rakhmawati S.S.M.Hum, who also supports
me well and guide me in every process of this undergraduate thesis.
 All lecturers and staff of Faculty of Letters including my Academic Advisor,
for the advices and supports as well as the knowledge that I will never forget
in terms of teaching and guiding me in college until I could finish this
undergraduate thesis.
 My little sister and brother, Kiki and Adi, thank you for the laughs, fun and

supports that really help me in relaxing my mind while finishing this
undergraduate thesis.
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LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OFENGLISH SPEECH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AT FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO
DESSY PRISMA RAKHAMANNI
1409010012
ABSTRACT
This research analyses the members of the English speech community at
Faculty of Letters Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The members include all
of the lecturers and the students of the Faculty of Letters. However, the lecturers
are merely the tutors or the supervisors of the English speech community.
Meanwhile, the students are the ones who learn English through the English speech
community. The purposes of this research are to describe the Language Attitude of
the English speech community members at Faculty of Letters Universitas

Muhammadiyah Purwokerto towards English language as well as to elaborate the
factors that influence the Language Attitude.
The method of this research is mixed methodology which covers the
qualitative and quantitative method as well. Here, it uses the method of
quantitative data in collecting and analyzing the data of the research. Later, the
results of the data will be described based on the qualitative method. The
instruments of collecting data are through the questionnaire, the interview and the
observation. The respondents cover all students of the Faculty of Letters from the
1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th semester students. Also, some interviews are given to a group of
students randomly. For the observation, it is done by the researcher around the area
of Faculty of Letters in terms of completing the data in determining the language
attitude of the English speech community members.
In the end, the results show that the members of English speech community
show a positive attitude towards the English language. Also, this occurs for the three
aspects of the language attitude. The results show 100% positive for each of the
aspect that covers Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive aspect. Some factors that
influence the language attitude also described in this research. It reveals the factors
dealing with personal experience, emotional feelings or ego and the environment of
the surroundings.
Keywords: Language attitude, English Speech Community members, Affective

aspect, Behavioral aspect, Cognitive aspect.

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LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OFENGLISH SPEECH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AT FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO
DESSY PRISMA RAKHAMANNI
1409010012
INTISARI
Penelitian ini menganalisa anggota komunitas Bahasa Inggris di Fakultas
Sastra Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. Anggota tersebut melibatkan para
dosen dan mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra. Namun, para dosen hanya akan berperan
sebagai pembimbing atau pengawas komunitas Bahasa Inggris. Sedangkan, para
mahasiswa adalah mereka yang mempelajari Bahasa Inggris melalui komunitas
Bahasa Inggris. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yakni untuk mendeskripsikan Sikap Bahasa
para anggota komunitas Bahasa Inggris di Fakultas Sastra Universitas
Muhammadiyah Purwokerto dan juga untuk memaparkan tentang faktor yang
mempengaruhi Sikap Bahasa tersebut.

Metode dari penelitian ini adalah metode campuran yang meliputi metode
kualitatif dan juga kuantitatif. Disni, metode kuantitatif digunakan dalam
mengumpulkan dan menganalisa data penelitian. Kemudian, hasil dari data akan
dideskripsikan berdasarkan metode kualitatif. Instrumen pengumpulan data adalah
melalui kuisioner, interview dan observasi. Para responden mencakup seluruh
mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra mulai dari mahasiswa semester 1,3,5 dan 7. Beberapa
interview juga diberikan kepada sebuah kelompok mahasiswa secara acak. Untuk
observasi, hal ini dilakukan oleh penulis di sekitar area Fakultas Sastra dalam rangka
melengkapi data dalam menentukan sikap bahasa anggota komunitas Bahasa
Inggris.
Pada akhirnya, hasil menunjukan bahwa para anggota komunitas Bahasa
Inggris menunjukan sikap positif terhadap bahasa Inggris. Hasil ini juga muncul pada
setiap aspek sikap bahasa. Hasil menunjukan bahwa 100% positif untuk setiap aspek
yang meliputi aspek Affective, Behavioral dan Cognitive. Beberapa faktor yang
mempengaruhi sikap bahasa juga akan dijelaskan dalam penelitian ini. Fa ktor
tersebut berhubungan dengan pengalaman pribadi, faktor perasaan atau ego dan
lingkungan sekitar.
Kata kunci: Sikap bahasa, Anggota Komunitas Bahasa Inggris, Aspek Affective, Aspek
Behavioral, Aspek Cognitive.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER ............................................................................................................................i
APPROVAL SHEET .........................................................................................................ii
VALIDATION SHEET......................................................................................................iii
STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .....................................................................................iv
MOTTO..........................................................................................................................v
DEDICATION ................................................................................................................vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................vii
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... xi
INTISARI ........................................................................................................................ x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... xi
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................1
A.1 Background of the Research .............................................................................1
A.2 Problem of the Research...................................................................................6
A.3 Objectives of the Research ...............................................................................6
A.4 Significance of the Research .............................................................................7
A.5 Limitation of the Research................................................................................7
A.6 Organization of the Research ...........................................................................8

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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................10
B.1 Theoritical Framework ....................................................................................10
B.1.1 The Definition of English Speech Community.......................................10
B.1.2 The Definition of Attitude .....................................................................13
B.1.3 Attitude Component Models.................................................................15
B.1.4 Factors that Influence the Attitude.......................................................17
B.1.5 The Definition of Language Attitude .....................................................20
B.2 Review of Related Research ...........................................................................22
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...................................................................24
C.1 Type of the Research .......................................................................................26
C.2 Data and Source of the Data ...........................................................................27
C.3 Method of Collecting Data ..............................................................................27
C.3.1 Questionnaire........................................................................................28
C.3.2 Interview................................................................................................29
C.3.3 Observation ...........................................................................................29
C.4 Technique of Collecting Data ..........................................................................30
C.5 Method of Analyzing Data ..............................................................................30

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS ................................................................................................32
D.1 Data Description..............................................................................................32
D.2 Data Analysis ...................................................................................................32
D.2.1 The Result of Questionnaire..................................................................33
D.2.2 The Result of Interview .........................................................................59
D.2.3 The Result of Observation .....................................................................75
D.3 Discussion ........................................................................................................82
D.3.1 Affective Aspect .....................................................................................83

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D.3.2 Behavioral Aspect ..................................................................................84
D.3.3 Cognitive Aspect ....................................................................................85
CHAPTER V CONSLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................................................87
E.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................................87
E.2 Suggestion ........................................................................................................89
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................91
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................94
A. The Questionnaire Sheet ..................................................................................94
B. The Data and Results of the Questionnaire .....................................................95
B.1 The Data and Results of the Affective Aspect..........................................96
B.2 The Data and Results of the Behavioral Aspect.......................................97
B.3 The Data and Results of the Cognitive Aspect .........................................99
C. The Questions of Interview .............................................................................101

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 The numbers of respondents based on gender .............................................7
Table 2 The results of each aspect of Language Attitude .........................................33
Table 3 The score of each respondent for each aspect ............................................36
Table 4 The statements related to the affective aspects .........................................37
Table 5 The general results of Affective aspects.......................................................37
Table 6 The results of Affective aspect: Statement 1 ...............................................38
Table 7 The results of Affective aspect: Statement 3 ...............................................40
Table 8 The results of Affective aspect: Statement 5 ...............................................42
Table 9 The results of Affective aspect: Statement 7 ...............................................43
Table 10 The results of Affective aspect: Statement 12 ...........................................44
Table 11 The statements related to the Behavioral aspects ....................................46
Table 12 The general results of the Behavioral aspects ...........................................46
Table 13 The results of Behavioral aspect: Statement 2 ..........................................47
Table 14 The results of Behavioral aspect: Statement 4 ..........................................48
Table 15 The results of Behavioral aspect: Statement 6 ..........................................49
Table 16 The results of Behavioral aspect: Statement 9 ..........................................51
Table 17 The results of Behavioral aspect: Statement 10 ........................................52
Table 18 The statements related to the Cognitive aspects ......................................53
Table 19 The general results the Cognitive aspects..................................................54
Table 20 The results of Cognitive aspect: Statement 8.............................................54
Table 21 The results of Cognitive aspect: Statement 11...........................................55
Table 22 The results of Cognitive aspect: Statement 13...........................................56
Table 23 The results of Cognitive aspect: Statement 14...........................................57
Table 24 The results of Cognitive aspect: Statement 15.............................................5

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